The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-20
THE rnrrxru CONGRESS.

MIR. Pugh Wants the Tariff Reduced. but Irouk
Must Not Be the Free List
WASHINGTON, Dee. 19.-Among the paperE
presented to thu Senate a communication
from tne Secretary Of the Treasury. With copy
of the report OF Special Agent Tinele, on tht
condition of affairs on the seal islands of ALAS
ka. Referred 70 the the committee on foreign.
relations.
Also, like communication, inclosing copies
of papers relating to the recent bonding Of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Referred
to the COMMITTEES commerce.
ALSO. memorial of the constitutional conven-f :
ton Of the Territory of Utah, ,.aski ng admission
as State, with copies Of the Constitution Re-
ferred to the COMMITTEES on Territories
Among the bills introduced and referred was
one by Mr. Frye, for the collection of more ac@
curate statistics Of exports. emigration and inn
migration.
The following bills were reported favorablE
from committees and placed on the calendar.
To establish two additional land oGess iuf
Colorado; to provide in certain cases fo- as ,--s
feiture Of wagon-road grants in Ore oes esszr&s
ing to the State Of California per celt e &c
net proceeds of cash sales Of public LAM. -
that State; 90 amend the law concerning the
rnent and temporary support of common schools:
lands in lieu Of the sixteenth and thirt sixth secS
tions. found to bs mineral lands
Among other bills introduced and referred
were the following:
By Mr.. PIatt: To prohibits the ma nufactures
and sale of spirituous and Intoxicating liquors inl
the District of Columbia
By Mr.. Manderson: To divide the State ofi
Nebraska into two judicial districts
By Mir: Cullom; To annex portion Of Mon
By Mr.. Palmer: To extirpate contagiouss
pleuro-pneumonia, foot and mouth disease, and
rinderpest among cattle, and to facilit ate thu,
expectation of cattle and the export OF liYos
stock
Also, to forfeit ands granted to Michigan for
a railroad from Cntonagon TO the Wisconsin,
Mr. sawyer called up his motion to reconsiders
the vote whereby CAST Monday the resolution
offered by Mr.. Butler for the appointment Of a
select committee to inquire into the advisabiity
Of establishing governments postal telegraph
was agreed to.
subject referred to the postofics ccmmitteex
where it properly belonged.
the bill referred to the postoffice committee
Mr.. Call offered a long preamble and resolu-
tion in references to railroad land grants. Laid
on the table
Mr. Sherman moved that the Presi-
dents message and accompanying docu.
ments be referred to the committee on finance.
would address the Senate on the subject Ths
motion WAS agreed to.
Mr. Pugh offered the following resolutions autb
proceeded to address the Senate in support Of
them.
Resolved That the most important and pressin,s
duty of the present session Of to revise
and amend existing internal tax and tariff law. =.
to reduce the annual revenues collected there
from to the wants of the federal covern-
ment and more than It needs pay its rnatured
debts and discharges its obligations under the laws OF
Congress- without crippling or derangng any Ameri-
can industries business or interest connected with
the subjects of tariff taxation interfering with
the just rights of American working peos
pie intended to be secured the by incidental
effects OF revenue Duties to share Joint product
of the labor and capal employed in American rin-
ing and misunderstanding industries the full meas.
Of the difference in the of their labor ard tbs
labor of those engaged in similar industries In Eu-
Resolved. That tne Senate viii concur In M iora
resolution for the final adjournment OF the present.
remedial laws specified in the foregoing resoiu-
tons.
In the course of his argument Mr. Puch asked
whether Congress- would wipe out all internal
revenue taxes and allow the necessary ravanu.
TO be raised on tariff imposts alone. He had
never clearer or stronger conviction than the
conviction that the whisky tax was perfectly
just and wholly unohjectior able except on tbs
ground that it was direct tax There was
nothing produced. owned or consumed thaE
could supply ths government with ninety mill
ions OF revenue with mere rropriety and less
injury TO any human being thar whisky. Was
who declared that there should be NJ revision a.
the tariff until every internal revenue tax was
repealed It WAS not The cry came loudest
and hercest from the manufacturers aud their
representatives The most defiant and uncom.
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